nonsense verses

Nonsense rhymes for beginning readers.

The old jump rope/nonsense rhyme features an ailing young Tiny Tim.

Two collections of verses which A.A. Milne wrote for his son.

Set in the desert southwest, this variation on the traditional, cumulative rhyme looks at the consequences of a coyote's strange diet.

A woman frantically rushes to prepare for the fast-approaching winter while her husband sits idly by.

A nonsensical alphabet that begins after the letter "Z".

A creature tries to get around his problems by travelling to Solla Sollew.

A walrus and a carpenter encounter some oysters during their walk on the beach--an unfortunate meeting for the oysters.

A twist on the classic tale of "There Was an Old Lady Who Swallowed a Fly" takes the story even further as the lady goes about swallowing a variety of items related to school, including books, a ruler, and chalk.

A story-poem about the activities of such unusual animals as the Nook, Wump, Yink, Yop, Gack, and the Zeds.